18.5.7.060Conditions of Approval for Tree Removal Permits

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The City may impose conditions of approval on any Tree Removal Permit if the condition is reasonably related to preventing, eliminating, or mitigating a negative impact or potential negative impact on natural features or processes or on the built environment of the neighborhood which is as created or contributed to by the approved tree removal. Conditions of approval may include, but are not limited to the following.

A. Requiring modifications in the location, design, or intensity of a development or activities on a site or to require or prohibit certain construction methods. Modifications may result in a decrease in size of residential or commercial structures, but modifications shall not reduce the density of residential development below the permitted density allowed by the zone.

B. Requiring vegetation not requiring a tree removal permit to remain in place or be planted.

C. Requiring the removal of injurious or noxious vegetation (such as English Ivy) from other trees on the property.

The Ashland Land Use Ordinance is current through Ordinance 3168, passed December 18, 2018.

Disclaimer: The City Recorder’s office has the official version of the Ashland Land Use Ordinance. Users should contact the City Recorder’s office for ordinances passed subsequent to the ordinance cited above.